RUTLAND, VT — Mark Alan “Bill” Holt, 58, went to rest with the Lord on April 15, 2020 after losing his long battle with cancer.
Mark fought hard these last few years battling bouts of cancer and other illnesses. The battle wasn’t easy, and Mark made miraculous recoveries over and over again. “A walking miracle” is what he was often called by his medical team. Surviving a major heart attack, a lung lobe removal, a leg amputation, and in 2018, a close call with death, in which he spent many weeks at the Jack Byrne Center (Lebanon NH) recovering. He achieved things nobody thought was possible. His strength, faith, courage, and wanting to see his grandchildren enter this world is what kept him alive.
He was born on January 27, 1962 at Alice Peck Day (Lebanon NH). He spent his childhood growing up in Ludlow, VT and would often talk about his memories of Preedom Hill. Mark and his best friend Bradly Martin (Vermont) spent many years causing mischief. In 1980, days after graduating from Black River High (Ludlow, VT), he entered the Navy. He ended his Navy career in 1987 as an E5 Plane Captain. In 1988, he married his first wife Angela Stearns Holt (Maine) and had 3 children.
Hunting and fishing were just some of his passions and passed the love for them down to his children. Many weekends were spent in the woods or on the riverbanks teaching his children how to cast a fishing line, track a deer, or build a lean-to. Making memories with his children is what made him the happiest. He also enjoyed kayaking with friends, building model airplanes, gold panning, and scouting for deer. He enjoyed scouting for deer so much in fact, his first date with his second wife was spent scouting for deer. His idea of the perfect first! They married surrounded by friends and family in 2007.
Mark often talked about the joys of working at numerous airports back in the day and his time spent as a welder for 15+ years. He ended his welding career as the supervisor of Timberwolf Weld Shop (Rutland VT) where lots of great friendships had been made.
He is pre deceased by his father Bruce Holt. Leaving behind his grandmother Jeanette Gardner (Enfield NH), mother Joan Warren (Springfield NH), wife Darlene Holt (Rutland VT), 3 children, Samantha Holt-Hitt (Canaan NH), Shawn Holt (Harford VT), Scott Holt (Rutland VT), 4 brothers, Eric Holt (Sunapee NH), Jason Holt (Tennessee), Scott Holt (California), Jonathan Warren (Springfield, NH), and his precious grandchildren, Hazel Holt, Lorilei Holt, Ryker and Maverick Hitt, Olivia and Luna Kelley, and many other loved ones.
A celebration of life will be held on a later date.